Technical REading Exam Review

What is the purpose of a technical article?

• To give an opinion

• To teach something or explain something

• To entertain

• To be funny or amusing

Which part of a word is the earliest form of a word and the most important?

• suffix

• prefix

• root

• compound

Technical articles sometimes have many sections. What is the purpose of the glossary section of a technical article?

• Gives important tips and suggestions

• Shows the title of the chapters in the article and where to find them

• Gives the definitions of technical words in the article

• Shows where the pictures in an article can be found

What does the root word 'hydro' mean?

• star

• comet

• water

• earth

Which sentence best re-states the paragraph below?

Coronavirus (or, as doctors and scientists call it, COVID-19) has been part of everyone’s life since mid-March 2020, when most schools, businesses, and communities quickly changed how they operated to prevent the spread of the virus. Because the disease infected a large number of people all over the world, experts call this a pandemic.

• Coronavirus is very dangerous and killed millions of people.

• Experts call Covid-19, a disease that started in the middle of March 2020, a pandemic because it caused such a great number of people everywhere to get sick.

• Coronavirus is deadly and people had to wear masks and social distance to keep from catching it.

• Coronavirus is called Covid-19.

What type of informational text tells about a person's life?

• scientific article

• historical article

• biography

• editorial

What is the topic of an article titled, "We Want to Vote: Battles for the ballot."

• voting

• how to vote

• how voting was invented

• the struggles people went through to get the right to vote

Use your knowledge of word parts to find the meaning of the word, 'prepay'.

• pay after

• pay in the moment

• pay alot

• pay before

A green sea turtle glides through the Great Barrier Reef off the northeastern coast of Australia. An environment works well with a wide variety of species. Millions of species live in and around coral reef ecosystems, where these plants and animals rely on each other for survival. Scientists call this mix of different species biodiversity.

What is the best definition of biodiversity?

• The animals that live in the Great Barrier Reef

• Green Sea Turtles

• An ecosystem

• A variety of different species

What is the topic of an article titled, "Declining Biodiversity" ?

• How biodiversity is helpful

• Defining what biodiversity is

• Explaining how different species in an ecosystem are dying

• Explaining the meaning of declining